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Game Played 6/21/2009 9:00AM
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INFIELD ERRORS + BLOWN CALL = PG-WWBA ELIMINATION FOR BRAVES
It is always tough to stomache a blown call that costs any team a run in baseball, especially when a blatant mistake is made by an umpire. Today's homeplate umpire in Round One of the Perfect Game - World Wood Bat Association championship bracket certainly holds some of the reponsibility for today's outcome given the completely incorrect call against the Braves at the plate in the top of the seventh inning. Moreover, the NUA team's admission of their error after the game simply adds salt to the wound. But, as has been the case far too often this season, three crucial infield errors in the final two innings are what enabled the game to be as close as it was regardless of the umpire's blunder. It is a game, afterall, that is both played and umpired by humans.
Offensively, the Braves only mustered 4 hits, including 2 singles by #22 Jon Jon Banks and a single apiece by #8 Patrick Schultz and #1 Nick Sexton. Our first run came in the second inning after Sexton reached on a walk and was sacrifice bunted into scoring position by #44 Jordan Brown. Then, #8 Patrick Schultz stroked an RBI-single to right field to score Sexton. Our second run came in the seventh inning on a suicide squeeze bunt by #12 Will Schnure that scored #2 Sam Ayers, who reached after being hit by a pitch, and #22 Jon Jon Banks, who reached on his second single of the game. But, the homeplate umpire incorrectly called Ayers out at the plate when he properly avoided direct contact with the catcher who was 5 feet up the third base line from the plate. Rather than putting the Braves ahead by a run, the play ultimately only tied the came to force the opponent to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Defensively, the aforementioned infield errors contributed heavily to the Braves loss. #33 Stephen Wrenn got the start on the hill for the Braves, but could only go one 1 inning. Wrenn gave up 0 runs and 0 hits with 1 walk and 1 strike out. #44 Jordan Brown relieved Wrenn in the second inning and completed the final 5-1/3 innings. Brown allowed 1 earned run on 2 hits and 4 walks with 8 strike outs.
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